Who Said It: Conan the Barbarian or Neil deGrasse Tyson?

What could a legendary astrophysicist and a fictional warrior possibly have in common? Not much, on the surface, but the line between the two blurs a bit when you look at their words. Delve into these quotes and see if you know who said what!

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Question 1 of 10

"Once upon a time, people identified the God Neptune as the source of storms at sea."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

This quote comes from Neil deGrasse Tyson's 2007 book "Death by Black Hole," and wraps up by explaining, "Today we call these storms hurricanes."

Question 2 of 10

"I know this: If life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me."

Conan the Barbarian

This quote comes from one of the original Conan stories -- "Queen of the Black Coast" -- a classic tale published way back in the 1930s.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Question 3 of 10

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

Conan the Barbarian

In what is perhaps the most famous Conan the Barbarian quote, Conan gives this response when asked, "What is best in life?"

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Question 4 of 10

"Knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

In a quote that could have come from the orphaned Conan, NDGT said this after "What is true for life itself is no less true for the universe."

Question 5 of 10

"Ever since there have been people there have been explorers looking in places where others hadn't been before."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil can count himself among these brave explorers, thanks to his ruminations on space and the universe.

Question 6 of 10

"I live, I love, I slay and I am content."

Conan the Barbarian

This one came from Conan -- it's hard to imagine the brilliant scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson doing a whole lot of slaying.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Question 7 of 10

"They call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil goes on to say, "Where they feel certain about their explanations, however, God gets hardly a mention."

Question 8 of 10

"I have known many gods."

Conan the Barbarian

In words that could easily have come from Neil, Conan continues this quote with, "He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply." Powerful words for a so-called barbarian.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Question 9 of 10

"Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Thought-provoking words like these could only come from an astrophysicist.

Question 10 of 10

"I want to be buried, just like in the old days, where I…am dined upon by any form of creeping animal or root system that sees fit to do so."

Conan the Barbarian

Neil deGrasse Tyson

With these words, the scientist expressed his desire to be recycled back into the universe.